{celebrating a decade of learning to write in front of an audience}

Buying a suit

Actual exchange from the last time I bought a suit (which will probably be the last for some time):

Salesman:  How much were you planning on spending today?
Joshua:  Oh, I don’t know, maybe $300?
Salesman:  (Rueful chuckle:) No.  But maybe $400.
Joshua:  OK.  I was thinking something with a European cut.
Salesman:  (Rueful chuckle:) No.  You’re not built for a European cut.  Here’s a nice suit for $400.
Joshua:  Um, I was hoping that would include a shirt and tie…
Salesman:  (Rueful chuckle:) No.  (etc.)

Kinda reminiscent of Dave Barry trying to make an offer on the real estate agent’s office, no?

At the end of the ass-rape, I thanked him.  Can you believe that?  Sick, sick!  Holding onto his picture, dressing up (in that suit!) every day…

Hello, where am I?  Sorry.



Leave a Reply, but read first

  1. Feel free to leave replies even to very old posts.
  2. Is your comment not specifically about this post?  Great!  Go here.
  3. Flame, curse, insult, shout — just don't spam!  You won't increase your PageRank, even temporarily (the URLs are tagged 'nofollow'), and I'll delete it anyway.  Save us both time.